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Nov 20, 2023 · Authorities now have 23 defendants in custody, have seized more than 40 pounds of fentanyl powder, about a quarter-million pills and 30 firearms, including six machine guns, Graves said.
May 17, 2023 · But Dean escaped arrest. Inside the residence, police found a massive amount of what turned out to be fentanyl – 1.33 pounds in all. The DEA said that was enough to produce 301,638 lethal Doses ...
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May 10, 2024 · Fentanyl-laced drugs kill thousands in Illinois ever year. ... the I-Team found that counties in the Chicago metropolitan area were much more aggressive in their use of the law to pursue charges ...
Jul 12, 2023 · Cook County and Chicago officials are warning of an alarming rise in opioid-related overdose deaths in recent years, with thousands of deaths linked to overdoses. The Medical Examiner's Office ...
May 13, 2024 · In 2021, illicit fentanyl was the sole drug involved in 41% of drug overdose deaths with evidence of counterfeit pill use, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The fake ...
May 13, 2024 · In the U.S. overall between 2017 and 2023, there were 66,303 seizures, with 67.3 percent of fentanyl seizures being in powder form and 32.7 percent in pill form. The total number of seizures during that time period increased by more than 1,700 percent. In 2023, states with the greatest number of seizures included Florida, Arizona, and ...
Dec 22, 2023 · Over 5,500 pounds of Fentanyl Seized Already in FY2024. WASHINGTON – Updated data from Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released today shows that through the end of November, over 5,500 pounds of illicit fentanyl have already been seized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in the first two months of Fiscal Year (FY) 2024, with over ...
